--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 63 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/63/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 63 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* (maths) Exactly the same shape and size; one shape fits exactly on top of the other, even if turned or flipped.[↗](../../congruent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) In agreement or matching (congruent with the facts).[↗](../../congruent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) In number work, having the same remainder when divided by a number.[↗](../../congruent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* These two triangles are congruent.[↗](../../congruent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Congruent shapes have equal sides and angles.[↗](../../congruent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut out two congruent squares.[↗](../../congruent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A shape and its mirror image are congruent.[↗](../../congruent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two halves of a butterfly are congruent.[↗](../../congruent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her actions were congruent with her words.[↗](../../congruent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **conic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Conic means shaped like a cone, or to do with a cone.[↗](../../conic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An ice-cream cone has a conic shape.[↗](../../conic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A circle is one kind of conic section.[↗](../../conic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tent had a tall conic roof.[↗](../../conic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The student drew the conic curve on the board.[↗](../../conic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **conifer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tree or bush that grows its seeds in cones and usually has thin needle-like or small scaly leaves, such as a pine, fir, spruce, cedar, yew or cypress.[↗](../../conifer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Most conifers are evergreen: they keep their leaves all year round, so they stay green in winter.[↗](../../conifer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pine tree is a conifer because it grows cones.[↗](../../conifer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Conifers stay green all winter.[↗](../../conifer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We collected pine cones under the conifers in the park.[↗](../../conifer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our Christmas tree is a conifer called a Norway spruce.[↗](../../conifer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coniferous forests of Canada stretch for thousands of kilometres.[↗](../../conifer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels eat the seeds hidden in conifer cones.[↗](../../conifer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The needles of a conifer are really thin leaves.[↗](../../conifer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The tallest tree in the world is a conifer, a coast redwood.[↗](../../conifer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **coniferous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Describing trees, such as pine, fir, spruce and larch, that have cones and needle-like or scaly leaves; most stay green all year.[↗](../../coniferous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Describing a forest or woodland made mainly of these trees: «coniferous forest».[↗](../../coniferous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pine and spruce are coniferous trees.[↗](../../coniferous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Coniferous trees have needles instead of flat leaves.[↗](../../coniferous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Much of Canada is covered in coniferous forest.[↗](../../coniferous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Most coniferous trees keep their needles all winter.[↗](../../coniferous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The larch is a coniferous tree that loses its needles in autumn.[↗](../../coniferous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We collected pine cones in the coniferous woodland.[↗](../../coniferous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Deciduous trees lose their leaves, but coniferous ones mostly stay green.[↗](../../coniferous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **conjectural** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Based on a guess or an idea that has not been proved, not on firm facts: «The date of the old map is conjectural».[↗](../../conjectural/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The colours of the dinosaur in the picture are conjectural.[↗](../../conjectural/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Any answer about life on other planets is still conjectural.[↗](../../conjectural/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum said the drawing of the castle was partly conjectural.[↗](../../conjectural/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His story about the treasure was purely conjectural.[↗](../../conjectural/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists test conjectural ideas with experiments.[↗](../../conjectural/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The age of the cave paintings was once conjectural, but now it has been measured.[↗](../../conjectural/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole (arly history of Pythagoreanism is therefore conjectural, and all we really know of the school is what wc are told by Aristotle".[↗](../../conjectural/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../conjectural/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **conjecture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A conjecture is a guess or opinion formed without full proof.[↗](../../conjecture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To conjecture is to guess or suppose something when you do not have all the facts.[↗](../../conjecture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) A conjecture is a statement mathematicians think is true but have not yet proved.[↗](../../conjecture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My conjecture is that the next number in the pattern is 20.[↗](../../conjecture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Without evidence, what you say is just conjecture.[↗](../../conjecture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists conjectured that the planet had water.[↗](../../conjecture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Test your conjecture with more examples.[↗](../../conjecture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How the stones got there is still a matter of conjecture.[↗](../../conjecture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A famous conjecture says every even number bigger than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers.[↗](../../conjecture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · No one knew who the dead stranger was, they could not even form a conjecture; the fragments of wreckage gave no clue to the matter.[↗](../../conjecture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I shall not venture to conjecture.[↗](../../conjecture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../conjecture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **conjoin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To join or combine two or more things together into one: «two ideas conjoined».[↗](../../conjoin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Conjoined twins: twins who are born with their bodies joined together at some part.[↗](../../conjoin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two rivers conjoin just below the bridge.[↗](../../conjoin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Conjoined twins share part of their body.[↗](../../conjoin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Surgeons spent hours separating the conjoined twins.[↗](../../conjoin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the poem, joy and sadness are conjoined.[↗](../../conjoin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two villages conjoined to make one town.[↗](../../conjoin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient symbol shows two circles conjoined.[↗](../../conjoin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · These ten Sephiroth which are, moreover, ineffable, have their end even as their beginning, conjoined, even as is a flame to a burning coal: for our God is superlative in his unity, and does not permit any second one.[↗](../../conjoin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../conjoin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **conjointly** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* together, in combination or at the same time.[↗](../../conjointly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **conjugal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Conjugal means to do with marriage, especially the duties and love between a husband and wife.[↗](../../conjugal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old story spoke of conjugal love.[↗](../../conjugal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen was forced to show conjugal obedience.[↗](../../conjugal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Conjugal duties were thought very important long ago.[↗](../../conjugal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.[↗](../../conjugal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../conjugal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **conjunction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases or clauses together in a sentence, like and, but, or, because, when, if and although.[↗](../../conjunction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A conjunction is a time when things come together or happen at the same time: «in conjunction with» means together with.[↗](../../conjunction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (space) A conjunction is when two planets or a planet and the Moon look very close together in the sky.[↗](../../conjunction/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «And» and «but» are conjunctions.[↗](../../conjunction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Join the two sentences with a conjunction.[↗](../../conjunction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Because» is a subordinating conjunction.[↗](../../conjunction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I wanted to play out, but it was raining.[↗](../../conjunction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Underline the conjunction in this sentence.[↗](../../conjunction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school works in conjunction with the local library.[↗](../../conjunction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Last night there was a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus.[↗](../../conjunction/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Try not to start every sentence with the same conjunction.[↗](../../conjunction/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Eteocles, in conjunction with Creon, had made due preparations to repel the invaders, and had stationed troops, under the command of trusty leaders, to guard each of the gates.[↗](../../conjunction/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **conjunctivitis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Conjunctivitis is an eye infection or irritation that makes the eye red, itchy, sore and sometimes sticky; it is also called pink eye.[↗](../../conjunctivitis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had conjunctivitis and my eye was red and sticky.[↗](../../conjunctivitis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Conjunctivitis is also called pink eye.[↗](../../conjunctivitis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't share towels if someone has conjunctivitis.[↗](../../conjunctivitis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor gave me eye drops for conjunctivitis.[↗](../../conjunctivitis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands so conjunctivitis doesn't spread.[↗](../../conjunctivitis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hay fever can cause conjunctivitis too.[↗](../../conjunctivitis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **conjure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To conjure is to do magic, making things appear as if by magic.[↗](../../conjure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To conjure up is to call a picture, a fear or a scene into the mind.[↗](../../conjure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The magician can conjure a rabbit from his hat.[↗](../../conjure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She began to conjure up all sorts of horrors.[↗](../../conjure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of pies conjures up memories of home.[↗](../../conjure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch could conjure a storm.[↗](../../conjure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · But on the most literal level, it means ‘wind’, as in the אַרְבָּע רוּחוֹת arbaʽ ruchot ‘four winds’ corresponding to the four cardinal directions, and is also conjured in the verb הֵרִיחַ heriach ‘to smell, breathe in (with the nostrils)’.[↗](../../conjure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../conjure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **conjurer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A conjurer is a person who does magic tricks, a magician or wizard.[↗](../../conjurer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The conjurer pulled a coin from my ear.[↗](../../conjurer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant and the conjurer were defeated.[↗](../../conjurer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old conjurer waved his wand.[↗](../../conjurer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A clever conjurer can make a card vanish.[↗](../../conjurer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **conjuring** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Conjuring is doing magic tricks that seem impossible, such as making coins vanish or pulling a rabbit from a hat.[↗](../../conjuring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Conjuring up something is making it appear as if by magic, or bringing a picture into someone's mind: «conjuring up memories».[↗](../../conjuring/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The magician did conjuring tricks at my party.[↗](../../conjuring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is learning conjuring with cards.[↗](../../conjuring/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of baking conjured up memories of Grandma.[↗](../../conjuring/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard was conjuring a storm.[↗](../../conjuring/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His story conjures up a spooky castle.[↗](../../conjuring/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum conjured up a meal from leftovers.[↗](../../conjuring/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **conjuror** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A conjuror is a person who does clever magic tricks; another spelling of conjurer.[↗](../../conjuror/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He would have liked a conjuror like Little Claus's.[↗](../../conjuror/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The conjuror made the cards disappear.[↗](../../conjuror/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Little Claus thought a conjuror would make him rich.[↗](../../conjuror/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The conjuror bowed to the crowd.[↗](../../conjuror/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **conker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A conker is the shiny brown seed of a horse chestnut tree, found inside a spiky green case.[↗](../../conker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Conkers is a children's game, mainly in the UK and Ireland, where you put a conker on a string and try to break the other player's conker.[↗](../../conker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We collected conkers in the park in autumn.[↗](../../conker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The conker was shiny and brown.[↗](../../conker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa showed me how to play conkers.[↗](../../conker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My conker broke on the first hit.[↗](../../conker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Conkers grow inside spiky green cases.[↗](../../conker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't eat conkers; they are poisonous.[↗](../../conker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I put a hole in the conker and threaded a string through it.[↗](../../conker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **conn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (abbreviation) Conn. is an old short form of Connecticut, a state in the north-east of the USA (the postal code is CT).[↗](../../conn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (nautical) The conn is the control of a ship's steering and movement; the officer «with the conn» gives the orders to the helmsman.[↗](../../conn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) A short name, such as part of Irish names like Conn (a legendary Irish king, Conn of the Hundred Battles).[↗](../../conn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hartford, Conn., is the capital of Connecticut.[↗](../../conn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "You have the conn," the captain told the officer.[↗](../../conn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The officer took the conn as the submarine dived.[↗](../../conn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Today letters to Connecticut use the code CT, not Conn.[↗](../../conn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Irish legend, Conn of the Hundred Battles was a high king.[↗](../../conn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old map wrote "Conn." beside the state.[↗](../../conn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Conn gave the signal and his guests seated themselves.[↗](../../conn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **connect** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To join two or more things together so they touch or are linked: «connect the wires».[↗](../../connect/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To link to a network, the internet, a phone line or a power supply.[↗](../../connect/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To see or show that two ideas, facts or events are related: «connect the clues».[↗](../../connect/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* For a train, bus or plane to meet another so that you can change from one to the other.[↗](../../connect/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To feel close to and understand someone: «She really connects with children».[↗](../../connect/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (informal, sport) To hit something well: «He connected with the ball».[↗](../../connect/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Connect the battery to the bulb with two wires.[↗](../../connect/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Connect the dots in order to see the picture.[↗](../../connect/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tablet won't connect to the Wi-Fi.[↗](../../connect/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you connect the clues and find who took the cake?[↗](../../connect/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This bridge connects the two halves of the town.[↗](../../connect/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our train connects with the ferry at the harbour.[↗](../../connect/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma connects with every child she meets.[↗](../../connect/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He finally connected with the ball and it flew into the net.[↗](../../connect/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Join the points A, B and C to connect them into a triangle.[↗](../../connect/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This trait connects her with Medusa, and the three sister Baba Yagas with the three Gorgones.[↗](../../connect/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Drawing the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet around the edge of a circle, it takes 231 lines, here called שְׁעָרִים sheʽarim ‘gates’, to connect every possible combination of 2 letters.[↗](../../connect/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../connect/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **connected** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Connected means joined or linked to something else (connected rooms, connected wires).[↗](../../connected/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Connected means related, so that one thing has something to do with another.[↗](../../connected/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Connected means linked to the internet, a network or a phone line.[↗](../../connected/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Connected is the past form of «connect».[↗](../../connected/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bulb lights up when the wires are connected.[↗](../../connected/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Join the dots so all the points are connected.[↗](../../connected/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the tablet connected to the wi-fi?[↗](../../connected/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · These two rooms are connected by a door.[↗](../../connected/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The flood was connected with the heavy rain.[↗](../../connected/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We stay connected with Grandma by video calls.[↗](../../connected/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The police think the two robberies are connected.[↗](../../connected/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He connected the hose to the tap.[↗](../../connected/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · With the birds many graceful legends are connected.[↗](../../connected/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · One above Three, Three above Seven, and Seven above Twelve: and all are connected the one with the other.[↗](../../connected/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../connected/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · One above Three, Three above Seven, and Seven above Twelve ; and all are connected the one with the other.[↗](../../connected/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../connected/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · \[paragraph continues\] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric.[↗](../../connected/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../connected/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **connection** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place or thing where two things are joined: «a loose connection in the wire».[↗](../../connection/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A link to the internet, a phone network or a power supply: «a bad connection».[↗](../../connection/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A link between ideas, facts or events: «There is a connection between sleep and good marks».[↗](../../connection/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A train, bus or plane that you change to on a journey: «We missed our connection».[↗](../../connection/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A feeling of closeness and understanding between people.[↗](../../connection/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Connections (plural): people you know who can help you: «He got the job through connections».[↗](../../connection/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* A connection with something can mean being involved in making or doing it.[↗](../../connection/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bulb did not light because of a loose connection.[↗](../../connection/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our internet connection keeps dropping during the video call.[↗](../../connection/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you see the connection between the two stories?[↗](../../connection/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We ran to catch our connection to Dublin.[↗](../../connection/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ella felt a special connection with the old horse.[↗](../../connection/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The police want to speak to a man in connection with the robbery.[↗](../../connection/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His uncle has connections at the football club.[↗](../../connection/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a line to show the connection between each word and its picture.[↗](../../connection/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Darmancour had no connection whatever with the composition of the stories which bore his name.[↗](../../connection/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A connection is thus made between the act of speech and the act of circumcision, being two forms of creation and transformation according to the SY’s thought.[↗](../../connection/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../connection/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · \[paragraph continues\] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric.[↗](../../connection/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../connection/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Another association between language, mouth, and genitals, though the connection (if any) with the SY is unclear, is found in the idiom עָרְלַת שְׂפָתַיִם ʽorlat sefatayim ‘uncircumcised of lips’, probably meaning one who is unskilled in speech, e.g. \[Exodus 6:12\].[↗](../../connection/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../connection/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … 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